Venture makes slow and steady gains Aug. 16-20
The S&P/TSX Venture made small but steady gains during the Aug. 16 – 20 trading week, ending up 22.57 poin…
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Good drill results but no resource estimate for Evolving Gold
Long gold intercepts from Evolving Gold’s (EVG-V) Rattlesnake Hills project in Wyoming weren’t enough to prope…
US equities wobbly on recovery concerns, Aug. 16-20
New claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed to a nine-month high during the Aug. 16-20 trading week, fue…
First resource out for Probe Mines’ Black Creek
Probe Mines (PRB-V) has received the first resource estimate for its 100%-owned Black Creek chromite deposit, …
TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE -AUGUST 9-13
A major decline in mining stocks helped push the TSX composite index down 2.3% over the Aug. 9-13 trading period, as indexes worldwide fell on news of a shaky recovery in the United States. The TSX dr…
TSX VENTURE EXCHANGE -AUGUST 9-13
The S&P/TSX Venture composite index fell slightly over the Aug. 9-13 trading week, ending down 8.44 points to close at 1,457.05, after two days of losses outweighed three days of gains. The daily …
U.S. MARKETS -AUGUST 9-13
Nearly two-thirds of Americans think the U.S. economy is going to get worse before it gets better, up from 53% in January, according to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Aug. 11. Some of t…
Inmet weathers rough Q2
The second quarter wasn’t the smoothest for Inmet Mining (IMN-T) but the company is confident that it has some of its key issues worked out and is on the right path.
The key players in Quebec’s lithium scene
SITE VISIT Nemiscau, Que. — Quebec has earned a reputation for being one of the world’s best mining jurisdictions. So it seems only fitting that lithium — widely touted as the metal of the future — would be found in great abundance in the…
Rockland looks for lost Retty Lake deposit (August 23, 2010)
New junior Rockland Minerals (RL-V) is on the hunt for a mystery copper-nickel-platinum group metals (PGM) deposit in the southern Labrador Trough along the Quebec-Labrador border.Rockland is waiting for the results of a recent airborne…
Maudore boosts gold resource at Comtois
VANCOUVER — Deeper drilling and better gold prices have allowed Maudore Minerals (MAO-V, MAOMF-Q, M6L-F) to more than double the gold resource at its Comtois project, near Val d’Or, Que., to 1.2 million contained ounces.The initial 2002…
Fraser Institute: Quebec loses limelight
After being named the world’s best place to mine for three consecutive years, Quebec falls to third spot, according to the recent Fraser Institute’s Survey of Mining Companies: 2010 Mid-year Update. Respondents included more than 400…